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How to Quit Smoking Safely

1. Before You Start

Long Time Smokers: It's usually better to quit gradually rather than all at once if you've been smoking for some years.

Stress: The stress of sudden withdrawal can be very hard on your system.

Liquid Cleanses: If you have any medical problems (whether or not you are taking prescription medicines) you should check with your doctor before beginning a liquid cleanse.

Nicotine

As you probably know, the nicotine in tobacco makes it one of the most powerful stimulant plants known, and one of the most addictive. Take the quiz below to find out if you are likely to have nicotine toxicity.

Q u i z !

Adrenaline

Nicotine in smoke enters the lungs and quickly goes into the blood stream, immediately stimulating bursts of adrenaline which consequently boost the heart rate and i﻿ncrease blood pressure. As time goes on the resulting effects of nicotine continue to ripple throughout the body with a wide range of damaging results, many of which can be fatal.

2. Getting Ready

Before you quit smoking:

improve your diet to correct any nutritional deficiencies

See the online recommendations for specific foods to add to your diet

take a good quality multivitamin/mineral supplement every day, with a meal.

Result of Many Years...

In many cases cravings are caused by or made much worse by poor diet and smoking. Vitamin, mineral and enzyme imbalances together with other nutritional deficiencies accumulate in our bodies over a long period of time. They are usually the result of many years of various abuses such as eating too many refined foods, fats, sugars, etc. and consuming too few fresh foods and too little fiber. But it's not too late to start reversing that﻿!!

Nutritional Analysis

A good nutritional analysis, such as our comprehensive symptom questionnaire provides, is an important first step in determining the current status of your body’s nutritional health and beginning a customized program to make your quitting smoking program a success, by simultaneously correcting your unique nutritional deficiencies.

3. Quitting

Start with a cleansing diet for 2 to 3 days to help clear nicotinic acid from your blood and stabilize blood sugar.

The most effective way to do this is with a liquid cleanse

fresh fruit and vegetable juices and clear soups (especially miso soup) for a day or two and then

add steamed vegetables, brown rice, sprouts and fruit for the next day before

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